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Gran's (Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead) private detective here investigates the murder of a former boyfriend, with flashbacks to a much earlier case. Though DeWitt's devotions to the teachings of the French detective Jacques Silette give the tale a philosophical bent, much of the pleasure comes from Gran's blending of the offbeat with the hard-boiled. Carol Monda...Log In or Sign Up to Read More